Discovering Prague
HOW MANY INHABITANTS DOES IT HAVE AND WHERE ARE THEY FROM?
1,300,000 people live in Prague. 1 in 8 are foreigners.
WHERE IS IT?
Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic, a country with an area similar to that of Andalusia.
DO YOU LIKE ANIMALS?
There is 1 dog for every 13 inhabitants: more than 100,000 in total.
WHAT PECULIARITIES DOES YOUR LANGUAGE HAVE?
Its alphabet has 34 letters.
1,300,000 people are those who inhabit Prague.
HOW MUCH DO THE CZEKS CHARGE?
The salary of the Czechs is €1,125.
HOW DOES YOUR CURRENCY WORK?
25.93 Czech crowns is equal to one euro.
HOW ARE YOUR PRICES?
The cheapest ticket to the National Theater costs €6. The most expensive does not exceed €43.
DO THEY HAVE VEGETATION?
10% of the city is covered with forests.
Its bridges, buildings, cathedrals... Prague is an obligatory stop.
WHAT IS IT LIKE AND WHAT CURIOSITIES DOES THE CITY HAVE?
56% of the buildings in Prague do not exceed 10 floors. At 53m underground is the deepest metro station, Námêstí míru.
HOW DO THEY BEHAVE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT?
13,970 bins help make Praguers the Europeans who recycle the most.
HOW ARE YOUR DRINKS?
Becherovka, a 32-herb liqueur, has an alcohol content of 38%. A half-liter pitcher of beer costs 45Kc (€1.50); the city has 76 breweries.
WHAT DO THE CZEKS CONSUME?
31.7 kg of sugar and 5.9 kg of salt is consumed on average per year by each Czech.
More than half of the buildings in Prague are not excessively tall, so you can enjoy sunset postcards like this one.
WHAT BUILDINGS DO YOU HAVE?
18 bridges cross the Vltava river. The most famous is that of Carlos: 30,000 people walk it a day in summer.
HOW IS YOUR FOOD?
485 kcal has a dish of the traditional knedlo-zelo-veprô (pork roast) .
DOES IT HAVE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS?
594 steps lead up to St. Vitus Cathedral, located in Prague Castle, the largest medieval complex in the world, covering 45 hectares. The Segismundo bell weighs 16.5 tons, the largest of the 6 in the cathedral. 23 volunteers ring it on Sundays (at 10am and 12pm) for 15 minutes.
WHAT OTHER CURIOSITIES DO ITS BUILDINGS HAVE?
18 animated figures parade through the windows of the Astronomical Clock every time it strikes the hours.
The Prague Astronomical Clock is one of its main tourist attractions.
SOMETHING EXTRAVAGANT.
Send an SMS to +420 724 370 770 with what you want the Proudy statues to write.
WHAT TRIBUTES DO YOU PAY TO THE CULTURE?
42 moving plates form the Head of Kafka, a sculpture about metamorphosis.
WHAT STORIES DOES IT HIDE?
There are 6 synagogues in the Jewish Quarter, the oldest in Europe is the Old-New one where, they say, Golem waits for someone to breathe "divine breath" into it. There are 77,297 names of Jews killed in the Holocaust inscribed in the Pinkas synagogue.
WHAT DOES IT SHARE WITH OTHER CITIES?
1:5 is the ratio between the Petrín tower, 63.5m, and the Eiffel tower in Paris, from which it is inspired.
A different tribute to Kafka's Metamorphosis.
HOW ARE HIS MONUMENTS OF HIM?
9x5x9.6m measures the equestrian statue of Jan Zizka, placed at a height of 22m.
WHAT MUSEUMS DOES IT HAVE?
300 sex toys are on display at the Sex Machine Museum.
WHERE CAN YOU STAY?
20 suites and 79 rooms has the Mandarin Oriental hotel, in a monastery of the fourteenth century.
HOW CAN YOU GET AROUND ONCE THERE AND HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?
€14 costs the ticket (i/v) by bus to the town of Cesky Krumlob; Includes coffee or hot chocolate. The fast train takes 2 hours and 10 minutes to Olomouc, the largest monumental complex after Prague.
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